ULPT Request: What can you put on your resume that's impossible to verify

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Quirky-Invite7664@reddit

A degree from a college that closed down years ago.

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chorrky@reddit

I have two degrees from a college that closed. They still have a database of who finished and who didn't, unfortunately

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Complex-Scarcity@reddit

Nope. Colleges that close give their records to another to maintain.

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breakinbans@reddit

regional business sales manager for CompUSA.

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My bestie used to work for Kmart and is my old boss anytime I need a lie. Toys R Us, Blockbuster, Radio Shack, etc are also defunct businesses you can claim to have worked for. You could also write down any grocery store that used to be local to you and now only operates a handful in another state.

The same goes for schools that were destroyed or no longer operating. My K-12 records were destroyed in a hurricane.

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GloriouslyGrimGoblin@reddit

Using defunct businesses to patch a gap in your CV is fine and dandy in moderation.

But if every business you ever worked for in the past is now bankrupt, burnt down, washed away in a flood, or some other sort of gone, they might not want to hire you and continue that pattern.

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MungoJennie@reddit

“I’m not hiring that guy. He’s a jinx!” /s

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GloriouslyGrimGoblin@reddit

Exactly.

"So, we don't think you're a good fit for this company, sorry. However, and of course completely off the record, [competitor's name] might benefit from someone with your skill profile. You should apply there."

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FormidableMistress@reddit

Yeah I meant one of these to patch a hole, not the entire thing.

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Creepy_old_man_in_IL@reddit

Pimp.

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coolsellitcheap@reddit

Present your trophy for pimp of the year from players ball.

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Convenientjellybean@reddit

Present your hookers for verification purposes

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Electronic_Repeat_81@reddit

Time Magazine’s 2006 Person Of The Year. I’m putting it in my obituary.

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bbennett108@reddit

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JeffTrav@reddit

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mindyourownbusiness3@reddit

Had to look that one up b

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Dull_Banana1377@reddit

Who is it

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Iguanabewithyou@reddit

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78preshe8@reddit

Not me - you!

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Iguanabewithyou@reddit

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Iguanabewithyou@reddit

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No-Reputation-7843@reddit

Any position at the Chemtool Mechanical Grease factory in Rockton IL.

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Awkward_Point4749@reddit

An employment history that required you to sign an NDA

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JeffSergeant@reddit

Blockbusters Regional Manager

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Ok-Magazine-7393@reddit

Sucks when I actually was a manager at blockbuster and my resume looks like I’m just making shit up. Lol

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DrDeems@reddit

I feel the same about RadioShack haha. I was a manager for a few years there.

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Prospector_Steve@reddit

You were the 2006 Time person of the year.

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Popular-Drummer-7989@reddit

A organized language from the 80s

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thatsabruno@reddit

P = NP

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No_Cash7233@reddit

Twitter 🤷🏼‍♀️

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ChingusMcDingus@reddit

Unless the interviewer is an expert in thing you can put anything on your resume. Usually “Experienced in/Fluent with” pretty much any software like Microsoft office suite of applications or whatever (more niche more better) is a nice bit to pad your resume.

Also “trained in violence and harassment prevention/intervention” is a good one. Read an article on workplace violence procedures and you have enough familiarity to slime your way through.

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jinzokan@reddit

The last one could look like mandated classes....

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MungoJennie@reddit

Safety in the workplace?

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jinzokan@reddit

Specifically violence and harassment.

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tacos_y_burritos@reddit

Volunteer work in South America. Could make up a website, phone number, contact, and the fact that it doesn't exist anymore would not be surprising.

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RustBucket59@reddit

All of my past employers no longer exist. True story!

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colonels1020@reddit

District Manager for Circuit City

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ShortPeak4860@reddit

Hate to break it to you, but they’re still open 🤣

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subhuman_voice@reddit

Online

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The_Troyminator@reddit

To add authenticity, say you keep in touch with your old boss and have a friend be that boss.

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CanoePickLocks@reddit

I know a bunch of them actually which makes this comment hysterical! I’m screenshotting it and sending it out now!

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thunder_rob@reddit

personal assistant to JD Salinger

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ActuatorSea4854@reddit

Mud Shark fileter, I even have a speed record.

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thewharfartscenter_@reddit

You were training mushing dogs in Utqiagvik Alaska for X amount of time. Unless someone in that company knows someone in Utq, it can never be verified.

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ironicmirror@reddit

"cannot disclose, signed NDA"

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miraculum_one@reddit

Let's see the NDA

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jongscx@reddit

It's covered by the NDA.

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StevieG-2021@reddit

Which is covered by another NDA

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GaGa0GuGu@reddit

we need a circle of NDAs construction of which is also covered by am NDA

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JustPlainRude@reddit

It's NDAs all the way down

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GaGa0GuGu@reddit

that would be a downwards NDA spiral of which you shouldn't have known

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Mother-Pride-Fest@reddit

I know something of NDA spirals but it's covered by DNA

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GaGa0GuGu@reddit

sorry, that's mine, had to seal them with blood

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JustPlainRude@reddit

It's NDAs all the way down

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erisod@reddit

Jobs at companies that no longer exist would be hard to verify.

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SPL15@reddit

“1997 Washington County Fair Hot Dog Eating Champion”

There’s 31 washington counties in the US, so would be extremely difficult to pinpoint which one.

1998 is when the Nation Archives started the Electronic Records Archive” program was started.

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AgeBeneficial@reddit

I have my dad’s 1972 Ice Cream Glutton champion plaque in my hallway.

I kept up the family spirit by winning his company’s picnic pie eating contest in 1994.

Got enough Baskin Robins gift certificates to purchase an ice cream cake for my birthday a month later.

Mmmm

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nicholus_h2@reddit

i mean, they could just ask...

"says here you won the county fair hot dog eating championship? that's so interesting, tell me about that? what state was that in?"

you are either going to have to name a state or come up with a reason why you can't say it don't remember (which is suspicious and a bad look).

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risksxh1@reddit

There's really a lot you can do if you don't go overboard. For instance, I worked data entry for an auto insurance company about ten years ago that no longer exists. I learned a whole lot while I was there. At the time I was told we were basically assisting underwriting. I could probably finesse that into an underwriting position now. I really do have about 17 years combined auto insurance work under my belt. It's been a little while, I was doing Home design, but that ended up being even more boring than auto insurance. And I could finagle my home design experience into something else too. Home design sales, etc. Nothing glamorous, but better than what I was doing for a long time.

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